Wolf T-shirts

This is the moon wolf t-shirt, its deep rich blue aura on the black contrast making it one incredible intensely awesome animal t-shirt for your collection. I personally can't wait to get this on, and go out. Wolf t-shirts like these are simply to howl for!

T-shirt War

This deserves a reposting, because the entire t-shirt wearing population should have seen this one by now:

the sequel is a bit more commercial (mickyd's of course), but no less inventive:

Tiger T-shirts

Check out these tiger t-shirts. Makes me want to believe I was a tiger in a past life.

That's one heck of a magnificent looking tiger, all sweet and princely looking, like the kind of tiger you could have a conversation with. Anyway, sure to be a good conversation starter with others! Or something to amp up your confidence at the gym. Grab the 100 pound dumbbells and force a couple extra reps with a tiger growl and one of these tiger tee shirts on.

Vacations & T Shirts

As a mom raising a large family of 6 boys, I spent a large portion of my thirties and forties tending to fights and spills. Gone were the days of Dior and Hermes, in were the days of car pooling and LL Bean. My fashion motto for my kids was comfort and durable, subsequently that became my fashion look for myself as well. And who could blame me? I had a bunch of wild boys tearing up the walls of my house.

Nowadays, and more importantly, thankfully, my kids are all grown up and out of my hair and I can finally enjoy some peace and quiet alone with my husband. In the winter time, during most evenings, you can find me curled up by our roaring fireplace sipping a nice tall glass of wine or two dressed in a cute girly t shirt with my ugg slippers nearby. Yes, a middle aged woman can wear cute t's and uggs. Maybe my boys wore me down, but now I find that t-shirts are my apparel of choice.

And come summer time, my husband and I can finally take peaceful vacations alone. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids but after raising 6 unruly boys, a girl is entitled to some vacation time.

Last year we vacationed in North Carolina's Outer Banks and I spent the majority of my time on the beach. Now I know warning bells are probably going off in your heads: with all the skin care warnings out there how dare I be hanging out on the beach. Aren’t I concerned about age spots and wrinkles? My answer to that is you have to know how to equip yourself properly. If you have the right tools, you can still get your Vitamin D the natural way, instead of popping a pill.

Allow me to paint a picture for myself on the beach. I lay out in a lawn chair under a huge umbrella. My head gear consisted of a large brimmed straw hat, oversized sunglasses, and lots of sunscreen slabbed onto my face and neck. Can anyone say Katherine Hepburn in African Queen? The only thing missing was the netting over my face. But my husband and I are thinking of taking our next vacation to Bora Bora, so I may give it a try there. My apparel of choice was a loose fitting t shirt and long sarong to cover up my bathing suit. You can go with a short sleeved t shirt or a long sleeved t shirt depending on how much coverage you want to get. And a girl must never forget her tote bag. Mine was of the super sized kind big enough to hold all the essentials: including a large bottle of sunscreen (spf of 50 is the minimum requirement,) change of t shirt in case I took a dip in the ocean, (yes, even in the ocean the sun is still shining), an ipod, chap stick with spf for my lips, and of course the requisite Danielle Steel steamy romance novel. Whoever said you can’t be a hip middle aged woman obviously has never had the pleasure of meeting me.

Corporate Tees: SAD EXCUSE for Workout Gear (Part 2)

Well, now that I’ve had a chance to ponder this whole corporate t shirt at the gym phenomenon, I have come up with a couple theories.

First a disclaimer: My friend works for MTV, and I sometimes wear a t shirt I get from the swag supply, so I'm as guilty as the next person. But I suspect people at my gym (NYHRC) have more nefarious motives. They're preening their feathers for the opposite sex by wearing their tax return plastered to their chest. They’re basically saying I make X amount at such and such prestigious firm, so get in line to date me! Single file by the water fountain!

Incidentally, isn't it the guys who do this more than the women? Women's gym attire is generally more of the fun or functional variety, mainly lots of stuff from American Apparel and Lululemon; no surprise there, as the guys are still stuck in that "Bring home the bacon, drag the lady to the cave" mentality, while girls just wanna have fun! Come to think of it, I taught in the public school and have never worn my school spirit tees to the gym; guess I wasn't overeager to advertise my pathetically underpaid status! ;) (Though public school pay in New York is much better than reputed, especially when you consider the perks: July and August, baby!)

Or else maybe this whole trend has to do with the recession. People are cutting back on their expenses, and they're committed to wearing that free t shirt till it's got holes under the armpits. News flash: No, it doesn’t qualify as a tank top, those are actual rips! Well, that’s all the speculation I’m going to do for now… what are your theories?

Mad Men and Me

I was a baby boomer and growing up in the Midwest, involved wearing a lot of girdles, garter belts and panty hose. Mad Men anyone? I have to hand it to AMC for doing a really great job stylistically speaking, but imagine dressing like those career girls every day? Imagine sitting at your desk typing on your typewriter day in day out wearing a girdle, tight skirt and high heels. To top it off you also have your hair in a beehive hairdo making it quite hard to swivel your head fast. Now dressing up like Joanie on Halloween may be fun for a night on the town, but doing it day after day can get pretty tiresome. Plus you have to give yourself a minimum of 2 hours to prepare and 6 am wake calls are not fun, let me tell you.

But back then we didn’t have much of a choice. It was the socially acceptable thing to do too. I have to admit though it wasn't all bad. It made for some really great pics, plus I do have some really great pieces from the time period which my daughter has decided to appropriate. One for example, is a pair of oversized sunglasses that she brags about to her friends “they’re vintage, ya know.” And suddenly I’ve become a cool mom.

Maybe it’s some kind of backlash to the time period, but nowadays, I like hanging around the house in the softest most comfortable and yet girly t shirts I can find. When people come over to my house, they remark on my huge array of unique t-shirts I have hanging up in my closet. Yes, that’s right, who said you can’t hang your t-shirts up? I like to put them on display and I have Women’s Lib’s efforts to thank for that. Plus because of them I can leave my house in a vintage t-shirt, jeans and hiking boots.

If it’s one thing I know for sure and this is me speaking as a middle aged woman, it’s that we’ve come a long way baby.

Corporate Tees: SAD EXCUSE for Workout Gear

So I’ve been following up on my own advice from a few posts back and doing my t shirt watching at the gym this winter. Lately, I've been seeing a new t shirt trend.

This year it just seems like there's been a massive increase in the amount of people wearing corporate tees as workout gear. Probably this is because I work out at New York Health and Racquet Club, which is a yuppie haven. For example, would this be happening as much at a Dolphin or a Crunch? (No offense if you work out there! I've attended both, and built some good muscle in the process!!! I should mention I am something of a gym fanatic, and have been to every single gym you can imagine, from Equinox to New York Sports Club, where I was a V.I.P. member, meaning I attended for half a year on their free passes ;) and also to L.A. Fitness on the West Coast, which kicked butt).

But I've been working out at NYHRC for over a year now, and I have only been noticing this trend lately? People are turning the gym into one huge networking event. Don't you want to unwind from work? Do you think we really care that you work for Goldman Sachs, or participated in a weekend of corporate apple picking with Skadden? You'd think if you made all that Christmas bonus money you might actually have the dough to splurge on buying something creative to wear from a fun t shirt site. Why would anybody want to wear tee shirt for your law firm’s weekend retreat you complained about attending? And the phony work tees are just as bad, almost as bad as the gas station workshirts some kids at my high school used to wear to get under the principal's skin. Do you actually work for Dunder Mifflin? Nobody does! Get over it, "The Office" is just a show!